Termination Upheld For Long-Term Employee Engaged In Racially-Based Harassment

In the current social and workplace climate, governments and employers are making practical efforts to develop policies to counteract systemic racial discrimination.

Human Rights Codes in all Canadian provinces and territories have prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, creed, colour, religion, nationality or place of origin for many years. However, obtaining a meaningful remedy can be a lengthy process, and often a complaint happens when an employer either cannot or will not directly deal with the issue in the workplace. More recently occupational health and safety legislation mandates policy, training and investigation to attempt to create and promote respectful workplace environments.